Recognizing Consonant Blends
~8 min
Blends are two or three consonants that keep their own sounds, but are blended together, like 'bl' in 'blue' or 'st' in 'stop'.
What are Consonant Blends?
Listen for the two sounds at the start of 'stop'.
Word: stop
sound 1s
sound 2t
sound 3o
sound 4p
A consonant blend happens when two or three consonants come together, but you can still hear the separate sound of each letter. For example, in the word 'stop', you can hear both the 's' and the 't' sounds.
💡 Try saying the word slowly to hear every letter sound.